Newman, Harvey K.United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Brooks, Marva2012-03-07Marva Jones Brooks was born on November 24, 1939 in Pennsylvania, and graduated Harvard with a JD in 1968. She has been practicing law in the state of Georgia since 1974, specializing in municipal and governmental law. She was the Associate General Counsel for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (1991-1997) and the City Attorney for the City of Atlanta (1980-1990).In this interview, Brooks discusses her legal career in detail. She covers the details of her most prestigious cases, the construction of the airport, and the relationships she made with Atlanta's leaders through her years of civil service. She discusses the role of the behind-the-scenes players in city government, the city's role in the advancement of civil rights, and the missing and murdered children crisis.video/mpegengAtlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Libraryhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Making of Modern Atlanta InterviewsHarvey Newman PapersSocial Change CollectionPolitics and GovernmentRace relationsAfrican American PoliticiansMarva Brooks oral history interview, 2012-03-07Sound